Support for custom fonts and sounds via LibSharedMedia-3.0 media packs

*Note that Water Shield and Lightning Shield will display a "W" or "L", respectively, except for elemental shamans, who will see a number for Lightning Shield when they have at least one extra charge.

Type “/sup” for options, or browse to the ShieldsUp panel in the standard Interface Options window.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why isn’t ShieldsUp monitoring my Earth Shield?

A: ShieldsUp only monitors Earth Shield when it’s cast on yourself, or on a player or pet in your party or raid group. There is no way for addons to reliably monitor buffs cast on units who are not in your group, so ShieldsUp doesn’t try.

Q: Why am I only seeing one charge counter?

A: ShieldsUp switches to a single-counter display when you are solo, or if you don’t have the Earth Shield talent, since in either situation it’s only possible for you to have one shield active on a target ShieldsUp can monitor.

Feedback

Post a ticket on GitHub or post a comment on this page. If you are reporting a problem, please read this first. If you are requesting a feature, please note that I consider ShieldsUp to be complete, and will probably not add any new features.

Language Support

Works in all languages. Translated into English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano (partial), Português, Русский, 한국어 (partial), 简体中文, and 繁體中文. You can add or update translations for any language on the CurseForge project page.

Simplified the Visibility options by combining the group type and zone type filters.

Version 5.1.0.147

Fixed a minor cosmetic issue with the Text Output dropdown in the Alerts option panel.

Version 5.0.5.146

Now hidden in pet battles.

Version 5.0.4.144

Updated Traditional Chinese translations from awaited on CurseForge.

Version 5.0.4.142

Elemental shamans will now see a number instead of an "L" for Lightning Shield when it has at least one extra charge (2+ total charges).

Version 5.0.4.141

Updated for WoW 5.0.4

Updated Spanish, French, and Russian translations

Version 4.3.4.137

Compatible with both 4.3 live realms and Mists of Pandaria beta realms.
Use the “Load out of date addons” checkbox on beta realms — the TOC won’t be updated until Patch 5.0 goes live.

Added an option to color the target name by class when Earth Shield is active and not overwritten.

Version 4.3.4.134

Compatible with both 4.3 live realms and Mists of Pandaria beta realms.
Use the “Load out of date addons” checkbox on beta realms — the TOC won’t be updated until Patch 5.0 goes live.

Fixed several issues with group detection on live servers.

Fixed an issue with Water/Lightning Shield detection at login on beta servers.

Fixed an issue where Earth Shield would not be detected if you cast it on someone outside your group and then joined a group with that player.

Added support for all colorblind modes, not just mode #1 (which is the only one the default UI exposes as an option).

Improved support for LibSharedMedia fonts at login.

Version 4.3.4.132

Compatible with both 4.3 live realms and Mists of Pandaria beta realms.
Use the “Load out of date addons” checkbox on beta realms — the TOC won’t be updated until Patch 5.0 goes live.

Updated for MoP changes: Water Shield and Lightning Shield no longer have charges, and will show a "W" or "L" instead of the number of charges.

Lots of cleanups to options and translations.

Added partial koKR localization from moom21 on CurseForge.

Updated deDE localization from Estadon on CurseForge.

Added itIT (partial) and ptBR translations.

Version 4.3.0.122

Updated for WoW 4.3

Translations needed for Português (ptBR) and 한국어 (koKR). If you can help translate ShieldsUp for either of these languages, please send me a PM. Thanks!

Version 4.2.0.120

Updated for WoW 4.2

Version 4.1.0.119

Added an option for moving the Earth Shield target name to the bottom of the display, or hiding it. It’s not exposed in the options panel yet, but you can change it by typing “ /run ShieldsUpDB.namePosition = "BOTTOM"; ShieldsUp:ApplySettings() ”. The value can be "BOTTOM", "TOP", or "NONE".

Elemental shamans will now see a number instead of an "L" for Lightning Shield when it has at least one extra charge (2+ total charges).

Guys, this is why you should follow the directions for reporting a problem, as written in the addon description. There is a reason for each piece of information I ask for. In this case, your character's spec was the critical part. If you don't give me enough information to identify the problem, I'm just going to assume you didn't read the patch notes, and tell you there's no problem, no matter how many times you repeat yourself. I'm far too busy to spend hours trying to recreate every conceivable condition in an attempt to hunt down some vaguely described possible problem.

you say "Look at your buffs in-game. Lightning Shield and Water Shield do not have any charges now. In WoW 5.0"

thats not realy true!

In the Elemental Spec, we have charges (in beta pandaria and today in 5.0 live)
And the pameplay says...."if you have 7 charges of lightning shield, use earth shock for good dmg"
We have charges from 1-7.
That is the fact because i love this addon. Yeah now LS is not a 10 minutes buff, its a 1h buff, but sure we have the charges and its normal gameplay use earth shock if you have full LS.

Look at your buffs in-game. Lightning Shield and Water Shield do not have any charges now. In WoW 5.0, you cast the buff, and it stays on you for 1 hour (or until you remove it, or an enemy dispels it), proccing an unlimited number of times as long as it's active instead of proccing 5 times and then going away.

Updated for MoP changes: Water Shield and Lightning Shield no longer have charges, and will show a "W" or "L" instead of the number of charges.

It shows a W if you log in without a shield because Water Shield is the default self-shield if you have not yet cast one this session. I guess I could add a spec check to default to Lightning Shield for Enhancement, but there are no longer charge counters for these shields because they no longer have any charges; they're just self-buffs that last for 1 hour, with effectively infinite charges.

I'm not sure what you mean by "mod the font choice". There is an option to select a font in the ShieldsUp options panel. ShieldsUp supports LibSharedMedia-3.0, so you should be able to use any font that comes with any addon you use (assuming they all support LSM3, which pretty much every addon that includes a font option does).

If you want more choices, just install any of the many SharedMedia media packs that are available; the "original" SharedMedia pack even includes step by step instructions on how to add your own fonts, which will then be available in ShieldsUp and in all your other addons as well.

If that doesn't help you, you'll have to be more clear on what you actually want to do.